Breech-loading fire-arm



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Patented Aug. 14, 1883.

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P. J. EVANS. BREEOH LOADING FIRE ARM.

No. 283,089. Patented Aug. 14, 1883.

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FRANKLTN J. EVANS, OF lOlVA FALLS, IOlVA.

BREECH-LOADING FIRE-ARM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,089, dated August 14, 1883.

Application filed April 21,1883. (X0 model.)

'To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN JAMES Evans, of Iowa Falls, in the county of Hardin and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My improvements relate to magazine breechloading fire-arms of the class in which the breech is opened by a breech-block sliding longitudinally with reference to the barrel, and consisting in certain novel features of construction and arrangement both of the breechblock and cartridge-elevator and' the mechanism for operating them, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of my improved gun. Fig. 2 is a sectional side view with the breech closed. Fig. 3 is a sectional side view ,with the breech opened. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on line a: x of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a cross-section on line y of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a cross-section on line .2 a of. Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a cross-section on line 10 10 of Fig. 3. Fig. 8 is a sectional side view of the breech-block detached. Fig. 9 is a plan view of the breechblock. Fig. 10 is a cross-section of the stock, showing the spriug-barrel for feeding the cartridges.

A is the stock, B is the breech, and O is the barrel.

a a are side plates covering the breechcavity, in which the operating mechanism is carried.

1) is the breeehblock, fitted to slide longitudinally at the upper part of the breechcavity, and projecting at its rear end in front of the hammer 6, so that when drawn outward it carries the hammer down and cocks the gun.

Longitudinally through the breech-block is an aperture, in which is the firing-pin f. At its forward end the breeclrblock is provided with a hook, g, to pass over the flange of the cartridge, so as to draw the empty shell out when the breech is opened.

h is an arm pivoted in a recess at the under side and rear part of the breech-block, and provided with a lug, 71, on its moving end,

which projects through the side plate, a, for

connection of a lever, i, by whichthemechanism is operated.

K is the cartridge-elevator, fitted to slide longitudinally in the breech-cavity behind the barrel 0 and magazine I), and hung on the end of an arm, Z, that is pivoted at the rear of the breech-cavity. The elevator K is formed with pivoted sides K K, between the lower ends of which is a spiral spring, Z, that tends to close the upper edges of the sides K to gether upon the cartridge, as shownin Fig. 4.

m is a spring attached within the breechcavity, and bearing at its outer end upon the arm Z, for throwing the cartridgeelevator upward behind the barrel.

a is a spring-barrel fitted in a recess in the stock A upon a stud, a.

0 is a cord attached to barrel 11, extending through the stock and through one of the side plates, a, to the magazine-tube D, within which the cord is connected to a follower, p. The cord extends to and is connected with a plug, q, that is inserted in the outer end of the magazine-tube D. This plug q and extension of the cord 0 are for use in drawing the follower p to the outer end of the magazine-tube when the cartridges are to be put in place.

The gunis mani nilated as follows: To fill the magazine the follower p is drawn out of the outer end of the magazine-tube and the cartridges then put in until the tube is filled, or nearly so, when the follower is put back and the plug (1 also inserted. The springbarrel a being then under tension, the follower 1) acts to press the cartridges toward the elevator K. In the closed position of the breech the elevator is in its lowest position, as shown in Fig. 2, and the cartridge at the rear of the magazine passes between the pivoted side plates, 75, of the elevator. The breech-block is prevented from moving backward by the downward position of its pivoted arm 71, in which position the rear end of arm h takes behind a stop, 2, in the breech-cavity. To open 'the breech the operator raises the lever '1', thereby carrying the arm h above the stop i, and then by pulling upon the lever the breechblock is drawn straight backward to the position shown in Fig. 3. This position of the breech-block allows the cartridge-elevator K to rise, its spring m acting to throw it upward.

The breech-block b is then moved inward, and its forward end passes between the pivoted sides K of the elevator, carrying the cartridge forward into the barrel. The lever 45 is then pressed downward to carry the arm h in front of the stop it, and at the sametiine the elevator K is moved downward in position for receiving another cartridge from the magazine, its pivoted sides K moving outward in order to pass the breech-block and springing together again beneath the breech-block.

The mechanism of this gun is of simple character, and there are no parts likely to get out of order or become deranged. The breech mechanism can be quickly operated and moves easily and smoothly. The elevator is held open by the breech-block long enough to allow a cartridge to enter from the magazine, and

20 then allowed to close on the cartridge, so as to form a stop for the next cartridge.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In fire-arms, the combination, with the side plate, a, lever i, stop if in the breech-cavity, and breech-block b, of the arm h, pivoted in a recess of the inner and rear part of said breechblock, and provided with a lug, h, passing through the side plate, to connect with the lever, whereby the mechanism may be operated, as described.

2. The combination, with the spring-barrel on stud n of stock, and a cord, 0, attached to barrel, of the magazine D, having a plug, q, and follower 1), both connected with said cord, as and for the purpose specified.

FRANKLIN J, EVANS,

Witnesses:

'JNO. L. SWARIZ,

S. P. SMITH. 

